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Italian Hip Hop and the Shifting Boundaries of Canzone d'Autore

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ID4304699
AuthorsMarco Santoro (0000-0003-2277-953X, University of Bologna), Marco Solaroli (0000-0001-5433-1540, University of Milan)
Year2007
Volume26
Issue3
Pages463-488
Publication date2007-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopular Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261143007001389
OpenAlexW2007189148
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited2

By offering a historical reconstruction of the process of contextualisation of hip hop culture in Italy over the last fifteen years, the article assesses the current status of canzone d'autore and its changing configuration under the impact of rap music. From a theoretical point of view, the conceptual framework combines the sociological definition of 'field of cultural production' elaborated by Pierre Bourdieu with the related literature on social and symbolic boundaries. From a methodological point of view, the analysis is based on the data collected by Club Tenco (a cultural organisation which plays an institutional role within the field of canzone d'autore) as well as on a series of qualitative interviews carried out with a number of Italian rappers and cantautori. Special attention is paid to a very few crucial figures that can be considered paradigmatic examples in the dynamic process of boundary-making of the two cultural (sub-)fields of Italian rap and canzone d'autore

Club · Field (mathematics · Sociology · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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